Copernicus User Forum

Details

Abbreviation:

Policy Area: Enterprise

Lead DG: DG Defence Industry and Space

Type: Formal

Scope: Limited

Mission: Advise the Commission with regard to the definition and validation of user requirements, and to the coordination of the Copernicus programme with its public sector users.

Task: Assist the Commission in relation to the implementation of existing Union legislation, programmes and policies

Contact: -

Publication in RegExp: 20/01/2011

Creating Act: -

Last updated: 07/03/2023

Additional Information

Activity report: The GMES User Forum met on 17.05.2011, 30.11.2011 and on 16.03.2012. All six GMES services have been discussed or presented to the group.

Selection procedure: The members of this group are the Member States. It is for the authority of each Member State to decide on who will represent them. The latter are composed of GMES public sector users.

Rules of procedure: Rules of procedure were adopted on 22.10.2014

User Forum Rules of Procedure.pdf (approx. 17 kb)

Subgroups

No Subgroups assigned to this group.

• 1. 

  Dit type werkgroepen van de Europese Unie adviseert de Europese Commissie bij het opstellen van nieuwe wetgeving en nieuw beleid. Daarnaast houden ze zich bezig met controle, coördinatie en samenwerking met de lidstaten. Expertgroepen kunnen tijdelijk of permanent zijn ingesteld. De deskundigen worden niet betaald, maar krijgen een onkostenvergoeding. Expertgroepen zijn samengesteld uit deskundigen van nationale overheden, vertegenwoordigers van belangenorganisaties en/of experts uit het bedrijfsleven.
   
• 2. 

  This directorate-general (DG) is responsible for policies concerning the internal market, industry and small and medium enterprises. The directorate-general is also involved in the Copernicus and Galileo space programmes of the EU.